Bonifatiuswerk, the German Catholics’ aid organisation, is planning to support projects for Christians in diaspora by allocating eleven million euros this year. The organisation announced it in Paderborn. The amount of funding is in keeping with that of previous years. “In uncertain times, reliable support and proven-and-tested forms of cooperation are more important than ever”, the Secretary General, Georg Austen, explained. Bonifatiuswerk, based in Paderborn, supports Catholics in Germany, in Northern Europe and in the Baltic countries who live as a minority in their region. It is supported by bequests, donations, membership fees and a yearly fundraising campaign. The announcement said that 5.4 million euros from the funding will be allocated to full-time priests and deacons who work in pastoral care in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. One of the new things this year is that 100 thousand euros will be allocated to a special investment for Catholic female religious orders. 2.3 million euros have been earmarked to support building works, such as the building and refurbishment of churches, monasteries and community centres. 1.6 million euros are available for children’ and young people’s wellbeing, by funding nursery schools and covering the cost of children’s playful learning Weeks. Approximately 1 million euros will be set aside for projects in the support of faith, while 600 thousand euros will support transport services: they include the yellow “Boni-Bus”, the trademark buses of the aid organisation, which help diaspora communities travel long distances to take part in community life.